Tournament Name: | 1993 Benson & Hedges Masters |
Venue: | Wembley Conference Centre |
Location: | London |
Country: | England |
Organisation: | WPBSA |
Format: | Non-ranking event |
Highest Break: | (134) |
Score: | 9–5 |
Previous: | 1992 |
Next: | 1994 |
The 1993 Masters (officially the 1993 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7 and 14 February 1993 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.
Stephen Hendry retained the title by beating James Wattana 9–5 in the final. After the final the Benson & Hedges Masters trophy was given to Hendry to keep for winning the event five times in a row.[1]
Stephen Hendry, defending champion and World Champion was the number 1 seed. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Chris Small (ranked 75), and Ken Doherty (ranked 21), who was the wild-card selection. Nigel Bond, Darren Morgan and Chris Small were making their debuts in the Masters.
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:[2] [3]
Match | Date | Score | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WC1 | Sunday 7 February | (15) | 5–3 | ||
WC2 | Monday 8 February | (16) | 3–5 |
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 14 February 1993. | |||
Stephen Hendry | 9–5 | James Wattana | |
First session: 14–59, 96–42 (96), 72–0 (52), 44–77, 90–21, 25–59 (50), 74–14 (67), 113–1 (54, 55), 81–22 (81), 9–107 (107), 74–12 (52), 127–1 (62, 65), 16–75, 74–1 | |||
96 | Highest break | 107 | |
0 | Century breaks | 1 | |
9 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Chris Small won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1992 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time. The event carried ranking points, but only ten percent of the usual tariff.[4]
Total: 11[5]
Darren Morgan's century was scored in the wild-card round.